<p>I’m admitted by USC for architecture, Parsons for fashion design and NYU for liberal studies that requires me to study in Florence in freshman year. Although my interest is definitely in fashion, everyone’s been telling me that i could always do fashion after archi but not the other way round. I’ve also heard that liberal studies is not exactly the best option, but Florence definitely sounds tempting, especially for art related courses.
Can you guys offer some suggestions as to where I should go?
Thanks alot!!!</p>
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It seems as though you have answered your own question.</p>
<p>I am having trouble with your post.
The thing I am having trouble with is that you’re asking for suggestions, and the options you’re giving us have nothing to do with each other. It’s like if a prospective graduate student were to ask for suggestions about picking between “Medical School” vs “Law School” vs “PhD Humanities”. </p>
<p>If you’re interest was solely fashion, or was specifically fashion, then you have your answer for you. It would have been a different situation if the options you had provided us was more a long the lines of “Parsons” vs “FIT” vs “Otis”. </p>
<p>If you’re not completely sold on fashion, than I think you need to do some soul searching.</p>
<p>Having gone through a fashion design education myself, I will tell you and advise you that unless you’re 200 percent sure you want to be a fashion designer, and you wouldn’t want anything else, then don’t major in fashion design. Fashion design is to specific to spend your money on, especially when you can have the same education(that would teach you the same essential skills) through side classes at a community college, for much less. I think this is why you’ve been told to go for architecture. In architecture, you’ll gain the same skills as you would through a fashion design education(with the exception of what medium you’ll be using, in fashion-it’s fabric). At least with architecture, arguably, you’ll have a lot much more free time and will see more money starting out or midway through your career(assuming you’re picking architecture because you’ll go the architecture route in terms of your career).</p>
<p>In regards to your post, I’ll simply say this: In MY OPINION, if you can afford it(as in your family is financially well off), and actually don’t ming getting a non-specific education first, go for NYU and get a liberal arts education in anything you want. While you’re at NYU, take side classes exploring either architecture or fashion. Once you get your BA, you can pursue a fashion design education or an architecture education fully. I will also add, that with fashion design you don’t really need your degree in fashion to do the job, as long as you have the skills, the ones that entry level jobs require, and a good portfolio, you can do the job(hence go for NYU and take side classes in fashion design, preferably at FIT)</p>
<p>Thank you liek0806 for your very insightful suggestions!
I guess I want fashion design more but wouldn’t mind doing architecture, especially for its stability in job opportunities in the future.
I heard that the Parsons is not simply about learning the skills required but more of the connections etc. If i were to take side classes, will it give me equivalent connections/chances?
Thank you!</p>
<p>The main point I wanted to make above, is that I would only recommend fashion design if you absolutely love it. Obviously if you’re financially well off, it doesn’t really matter if you do fashion design and then realize you hate it once you get to actually doing the job, because you can always go back to school and pay to become educated in architecture or anything that requires specific skills to enter that particular industry. </p>
<p>The connections depend mainly on the school and the alumni.
FIT, fashion institute of technology, has the connections. They can also teach you the fashion design skills if they have a night/adult school program.</p>
<p>I would NOT go to NYU in this case. I don’t think it’s a great idea to have a going-abroad experience before you’ve completely acclimated to the school (which I think takes two semesters at least). NYU is particularly daunting as it is set in the middle of a city and doesn’t really feel warm or centered the way another school might that is in a campus setting. I agree that studying fashion design may be too specific also. I think if I were you I would try USC, and if you don’t like architecture, see if you can change to liberal studies there.</p>
<p>Thank you! I am mainly deciding between USC and parsons right now. Although I’m more interested in fashion, heard that students from Parsons are very ‘out there’ and I am not confident if I can fit in. However, I’m also afraid I’ll regret my decision if i choose USC…</p>
<p>liek0806: FIT does have a night school. Just FYI, in answer to your question.</p>
<p>Don’t be intimidated by the students who attend Parsons. Art schools do have “artsy” or “out there” students, but they also have people who are “normal” and some who are even “reserved/conservative”.</p>
<p>I guess if the alternative to fashion design is still going to be something design related, like architecture, you won’t be completely in a disadvantage if you later changed your mind after a semester or two at Parsons in fashion. Parsons also has a BFA program in architecture design. And because the first year at Parsons is not major specific, the foundation year will give you more time to figure things out.</p>
<p>thank you liek0806. my heart is pretty much set on parsons right now. i guess i should give myself a chance to do something i truly want. right now i just wanna hear a lot more about actual life in the school to get prepared for it. the crazy number of parsons dropout stories is kinda intimidating…</p>
<p>Art school is a lot of work. You won’t really have a social life the minute you enter art school, especially at a place like parsons. You’ll be at schoool all day and doing homework all night. You really really have to love it and not want to do anything else.</p>
<p>what’s life like after graduation frm parsons, anyone?</p>
<p>hey i got admitted to parsons too! wanna know more about life in and after parsons as well. anyone mind contributing more? thanks!</p>